Fabian armando michelangeli

Institute of Systematic Botany

The New York Botanical Garden

200^th St. and Southern Blvd.

Bronx, NY 10458

(last updated August 2008)

Phone: (718) 817-8199

Fax: (718) 817-8101

Webpage: http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/Profile_63.asp

Ph. D. L. H. Bailey Hortorium. Cornell University. January 2000. Dissertation Title: Evolution, Ecology and Systematics of the myrmecophytic genus Tococa Aublet (Melastomataceae). Advisor: Dr. Eloy Rodriguez.

Licenciado en Biología, Magna cum laude, Mención Ecología (Bachelor in Biology, Magna cum laude, Minor: Ecology). Universidad Central de Venezuela, December 1993. Thesis: Algunos Aspectos Ecológicos de un Litobioma del Roraima Tepuy (Some Ecological Aspects of the lithobiomes of the Roraima Tepuy). Advisor: Dr. Luís Bulla.
WORK AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

June 2004 to present. Assistant Curator. Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden.

September 2002 to June 2004. Research Associate, Cullman Program for Molecular Systematic Studies, The New York Botanical Garden.

August 2000 to August 2002. Cullman Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History.

February 2000-July 2000. Postdoctoral Associate, L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University (with Jerrold I Davis).
ADJUNT AND AD-HONOREM POSITIONS

Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. Associate Researcher. 2004-Present.

City University of New York, Graduate Center. Doctoral Faculty. 2005-Present

Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Adjunct Assistant Proffesor. 2006-Present

Other activities (current)

Organization of Flora Neotropica, Commission Member. 2006-Present.

ECAT-GBIF, “MelList, a complete taxonomy of Melastomataceae sensu lato (Myrtales, eurosids, flowering plants) for the Electronic Catalogue of Names of Known Organisms”. Collaborative proposal with S. S. Renner (Munich Herbarium), F. Almeda (California Academy of Sciences), C. Ulloa (Missouri Botanical Garden), R. Goldenberg (Universidade Federal de Parana, Brazil) & H. Medoza-Cifuentes (Instituto Humboldt, Colombia). March 2006-March 2007.

National Science Foundation (DEB-0515665), “A phylogenetic analysis of Miconieae (Melastomataceae) based on molecular and morphological characters". Collaborative proposal with Walter Judd (University of Florida) and Renato Goldenberg (Universidade Federal de Parana) as co-PIs. August 2005-August 2008.

Cullman Postdoctoral Fellowship for Animal-Plant interaction Studies. August 2000-August 2002. Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematic Studies, AMNH-NYBG

Tropical Field Botany. (F&ES 30010). School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University. Spring 2008.

Vascular Plant Taxonomy, The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Fall 2007.

Guest Lecturer, Course OTS-2007-18. Tropical Plant Systematics (Spanish), Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica. June 2007.

Guest Lecturer, Course OTS-2006-9. Tropical Plant Systematics (English), Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica. July 2006.

Tropical Field Botany. (FES623). School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University. Spring 2006.

Plant Systematics. Graduate Center, City University of New York. Fall 2005. (coordinated by Larry Kelly).

Coordinator Course OTS-2005-18. Tropical Plant Systematics (Spanish), Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica. June-July 2005.

Current Topics in Plant Systematics. Graduate Center, City University of New York. Spring 2005. (coordinated by Larry Kelly).

Tropical Field Botany (5 lectures and leader of a 11 day field trip to Costa Rica) . Yale University. Coordinated by Andrew Henderson Spring 2004.

Co-coordinator Course OTS-2003-18. Tropical Plant Systematics (Spanish), Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica. June-July 2003.
PEER REVIEWED Publications

Michelangeli, F. A., W. S. Judd, D. S. Penneys, J. D. Skean, Jr., E. R. Becquer, R. Goldenberg & C. V. Martin (2008). Multiple events of dispersal and radiation of the tribe Miconieae (Melastomataceae) in the Caribbean. Botanical Review 74: 53-77.

Bécquer-Granados, E. R., K. M. Neubig, W. S. Judd, F. A. Michelangeli, J. R. Abbott & D. S. Penneys (2008). Preliminary molecular phylogenetic studies in Pachyanthus (Miconieae, Melastomataceae).Botanical Review: 74: 37-52.

Martin, C. V., D. Little, R. Goldenberg & F. A. Michelangeli (2008). A phylogenetic evaluation of Leandra (Miconieae, Melastomataceae): a polyphyletic genus where the seeds tell the story, not the petals. Cladistics 24: 317-327.

Davis, J.I., G. Petersen, O. Seberg, D.W. Stevenson, C.R. Hardy, M.P. Simmons, F.A. Michelangeli, D.H. Goldman, L.M. Campbell, C.D. Specht, and J.I. Cohen. (2006). Are mitochondrial genes useful for the analysis of monocot relationships? Taxon 55: 857-870.

Petersen, G., O. Seberg, J. I. Davis, D. H. Goldman, D. W. Stevenson, L. M. Campbell, F. A. Michelangeli, C. D. Specht, M. W. Chase, M. F. Fay, J. C. Pires, J. V. Freudenstein, C. R. Hardy, & M. P. Simmons. (2006). Mitochondrial DNA in Monocot Phylogeny. Pp 52-62. In: T Columbus, E. A. Friar, J. M. Porter, L. M. Prince & M. G. Simpson [eds.] Monocots: Comparative Biology and Evolution (excluding Poales). Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens, Claremont, California, USA.

Michelangeli, F. A. (2006). Two new species of myrmecophytic Tococa (Melastomataceae) with unusually large floral bracts. Brittonia 58 (2): 151-155.

Michelangeli, F. A. (2005). Tococa (Melastomataceae). Flora Neotropica Monographs 98: 1-114.

Michelangeli, F. A. & E. Rodriguez (2005). Absence of cyanogenic glycosides in the tribe Miconieae (Melastomataceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 33 (4): 335-339.

Davis, J.I., D.W. Stevenson, G. Petersen, O. Seberg, L.M. Campbell, J.V. Freudenstein, D.H. Goldman, C.R. Hardy, F.A. Michelangeli, M.P. Simmons, C.D. Specht, F. Vergara-Silva, and M.A. Gandolfo (2004). A phylogeny of the monocots, as inferred from rbcL and atpA sequence variation, and a comparison of methods for calculating jackknife and bootstrap values. Systematic Botany 29(3): 467-510.

Cotton, E. & F. A. Michelangeli (2007) Melastomataceae. pp 559-571. In: Duno de Stefano, R., G. Aymard & O. Huber(eds.) Catálogo Anotado e Ilustrado de la Flora Vascular de los Llanos de Venezuela. FUDENA. Caracas, Venezuela.

Almeda, F., P.E. Berry, A. Freire-Fierro, A. Gröger, B.K. Holst, N.G. Luckana, F.A. Michelangeli, T. Morley, D. Penney, S.S. Renner, O.R. Robinson, J.J. Wurdack† and K. Yatskievych. 2007. Melastomataceae, pp. 397-417. In V. Funk, T. Hollowell, P. Berry, C. Kelloff and S.N. Alexander. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. Washington, DC.

Michelangeli, F. A. (2005). Ecología Vegetal de los Tepuyes. in: Michelangeli, A. (editor). Tepuy: Colosos de la Tierra. pp. 141-153. Altolitho, Caracas, Venezuela.

Michelangeli, F. A. (2001) Tococa. In Melastomataceae. Berry, P. E ., Holst, B. K., & Yatskievych, K. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Vol 6. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Herrera, A.M., F. Michelangeli, J. Nassar, J.P. Rodriguez and D. Torres.(1992) The Spectacled Bear of the Sierra Nevada National Park, Venezuela. in: The 1991 International Studbook for the Spectacled Bear. Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens, Chicago. pp. 61-81.

Judd, W. S., J. D. Skean Jr., D. S. Penneys & F. A. Michelangeli. (2008) A new species of Henriettea (Melastomataceae) from the Sierra de Baoruco, the Dominican Republic. Brittonia 60: in press.

Morales-Puentes, M.E., F. A. Michelangeli & F. González. (2008) Una nueva especie de Miconia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae) de Colombia. Brittonia 60: in press.

Goldenberg, R., D. S. Penneys, F. Almeda, W. S. Judd & F.A. Michelangeli (in press). Phylogeny of Miconia (Melastomataceae): initial insights into broad patterns of diversification in a megadiverse neotropical genus. International Journal of Plant Sciences.

Galarda Varassin I., D. S. Penneys & F. A. Michelangeli. (accepted) Comparative anatomy and morphology of nectar-producing. Annals of Botany: accepted.

Amorim, A. A., R. Goldenberg & F. A. Michelangeli (submitted) A new species of Physeterostemon (Melastomataceae) from Bahia, Brazil, with notes on the phylogeny the genus. Submitted Systematic Botany.

Varassin, I. G., D. S. Penneys & F. A. Michelangeli. 2007. Comparative anatomy and morphology of nectar-producing Melastomataceae. Botany 2007. Chicago, IL, July 2007.

Martin, C. V., D. Little & F. A. Michelangeli. 2006. A preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the polyphyletic genus Leandra Raddi Miconieae, Melastomataceae. Botany 2006. Chico, CA, August 2006.

Doria, G*., L. Kelly & F. A. Michelangeli. 2006. Dientes teoides en Ericales: ¿Una sinapormorfía para el orden? IX Congreso Latinoamericano de Botánica. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 18-25 June 2006 [poster].

Martin, C. V.* & F. A. Michelangeli. 2005. A Preliminary Phylogenetic study of the polyphyletic genus Leandra (Miconieae: Melastomataceae), based on DNA sequence data. XVII International Botanical Congress. Vienna, Austria. July 2005. [poster].

Penneys, D. S*., F. A. Michelangeli, W. Judd & J. D. Skean Jr. 2004. Henrietteeae, a new tribe of Neotropical Melastomataceae. Botany 2004. August 2004, Snowbird, Utah.

Almeda, F., R. Goldenberg, F. A. Michelangeli, D. S. Penneys & S. S. Renner*. 2003. Progress in Miconia (Melastomataceae): 1531 names, 1061 readily distinguishable entities. Systematics 2003. 4^th Biennial Meeting of the Systematics Association. August 18-23, 2003. Dublin, Ireland.

Petersen, G*., O. Seberg, J. I. Davis, D. Wm. Stevenson,L. M. Campbell, J. V. Freudenstein, D. H. Goldman, C. R. Hardy, F. A. Michelangeli, M. P. Simmons & C. D. Specht. 2003. Mitochondrial data in monocot phylogenies. Monocots III/Grasses IV. March 2003. Rancho Santa Ana, California.

Michelangeli, F. A. 2002. Integrando moléculas y morfología; iluminación recíproca en el estudio de la tribu Miconieae (Melastomataceae). III Congreso Latinoamericano de Botánica. October 2002, Cartagena, Colombia.

Michelangeli, F. A. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships in the Miconieae: Evidence from morphological and ITS sequence data. August 2002, Madison, Wisconsin.

Michelangeli, F. A., J. I. Davis and D. Wm. Stevenson. 2002. Phylogenetic studies in the Poales: A combined analysis of morphological, sequence and chloroplast structure data. August 2002, Madison, Wisconsin.

Michelangeli, F. A. 2001. Fruit dispersal and character evolution in the Neotropical genus Tococa (Melastomataceae). Botany 2001, Botanical Society of America. August 2001, Albuquerque New Mexico (Abstracts).

Davis, J. I*., D. Wm. Stevenson, L. Campbell, D. Goldman, C. Hardy, F. Michelangeli, M. Simmons, and C. Specht 2001. Phylogenetic relationships among the monocots, as inferred from morphology and nucleotide sequence variation in three genes. Botany 2001, Botanical Society of America. August 2001, Albuquerque New Mexico (Abstracts).

Garcia, E.A.*, F.A. Michelangeli, F. Michelangeli and E. Rodríguez. 1996. Ant-Plant Interactions in the understory Melastomataceae of two Neo-Tropical rain forests. XXIII Annual SACNAS Conference. Los Angeles. October 1996.

Herrera, A.M., F. Michelangeli, J. Nassar, J.P. Rodriguez* and D. Torres. 1992. The Spectacled Bear of the Sierra Nevada National Park, Venezuela. in: Ninth International Bear Conference, Missoula, Montana. March 1992.

Currently Doctoral Committee member for Marc Jeanson (Musee Nationale Histoire Naturale, Paris & Kade Fellow at The New York Botanical Garden), Sirli Leython (Universidad Central de Venezuela), Donald McCleland (CUNY), Adriana Sanchez (Wake Forest University), Michael Sundue (CUNY), Alejandra Vasco (CUNY), Ratnakar Vallabhaneni (CUNY).

Doctoral Committee member for Paola Pedraza (2007, CUNY), Todd Osmudsson (2008, Columbia University).

Co-advisor for Claire Martin, Ph. D. 2006. “Systematics and Taxonomy of Leandra (Melastomataceae), and revision of Leandra section Tschudya”, Musee Nationale Histoire Naturale, Paris & Kade Fellow at The New York Botanical Garden.

External Reviewer for Leif Schulman Ph. D. Thesis “Taxonomy, Chorology, Speciation and Conservation in a Heterogeneous Amazonia: Case-studies in the Flowering-Plant Family Melastomataceae”. Turku University, Turku, Finland. August 2003.
Postdoctoral advisor for Renato Goldenberg (August 2006-February 2007), Isabela Varasin (August 2006-February 2007).
Professional Societies (Current)

American Society for Plant Taxonomy